[Genealib] Ancestry problem

[Bolar, Iris]

After going through the 1870 census on Ancestry, I found that if you
search for "colored" people in Akron, Ohio you will not find any black
or mulatto people listed. Everyone in Akron in 1870 is white according
to Ancestry search results. For 1870, the searchable races in Ancestry
are "white" or "colored". However, if you look at the actual census
images and notice at the bottom of the page that the census taker kept
count of all "colored" males and females on each page, you then will see
that the transcribers for Ancestry mistook "m" (mulatto) for "w"
(white). 

 

Also, in the actual census pages for Akron, all colored people are
listed as "mulatto". The census form provides for designation of white,
black, mulatto, Chinese, and Indian, but the census taker lumped all
non-whites as mulatto.

 

Iris Bolar

Librarian, Special Collections

Akron-Summit County Public Library

60 South High Street

Akron, Ohio 44326

ibolar at akronlibrary.org

330-643-9030

 

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